Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen operative Naseer Ahmed was on Saturday remanded to 14-day judicial custody by a court here.
The CJM court sent Mr. Naseer, arrested by the Sashatra Seema Bal (SSB) from Sonauli on India-Nepal border earlier this month, to judicial remand, government counsel Raghuvansh Shukla said.
The court had earlier remanded Mr. Naseer in 12-day police custody as the U.P. Anti-Terrorism Squad wanted to question him. The J&K Police had also sought his remand citing cases lodged against him there but the court disallowed it. Mr. Naseer Ahmed alias Sadiq (34), hailing from Banihal in Ramban district of J&K, was held on May 13 from Sonauli border post in Mahrajganj.
He was trying to sneak into India from Nepal in the guise of a carpet vendor, and was nabbed by the SSB, which guards the 1,751-km-long open border. Mr. Naseer was carrying a Pakistani passport and an identity card showing that he was a resident of Punjab province of Pakistan. He was handed over to the ATS. He had joined Hizbul Muzahideen in 2002-03 and moved to Pakistan.
